Washington – US President Barack Obama has approved the defense budget draft which included giving more importance to defense partnership with India. Obama has approved a “National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which proposes to appoint a special officer to increase India’s defense partnership with the US. At the same time it was made clear that […]
Washington/Beijing : China’s Defense Ministry has warned the US that it must withdraw its warships patrolling in the South China Sea or else China will be compelled to take stern steps against the US. At the same time, China has agreed to return the US underwater drone, seized earlier by China, to the US. However, […]
Berlin – Not expecting to get as much support in the 21st century as in the 20th century, Germany will have to raise its own defense expenditure to 2 percent of its ‘ GDP ‘, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel while indicating major changes in Germany’s defense policy. Soon after Chancellor Merkel spoke, the German […]
Beijing: China too responded to the US deployment of ‘THAAD’ advanced anti-missile system in South Korea. China, known for maintaining top secrecy regarding its defense preparedness, for the first time has exhibited the anti-missile system developed to protect its airspace security. China’s system is believed to be a response to the US ‘THAAD’ system. Recently, […]
Jerusalem : Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman led these aerial attacks in Gaza.This is claimed to be an exceptional action carried out on such large scale by the Israeli Airforce over Gaza in past few years. Israeli Army officials have welcomed this action in Gaza. While the world’s attention is towards the strife in Syria, […]
Tokyo : With the concerns of increased security risks from China and North Korea, Japanese government has begun preparations to sanction a defense budget of $52 billion. A proposal to this effect will be presented in the Japanese parliament in the coming week. This defense budget includes expenses for production of military drones, upgradation of […]
Moscow : Amidst allegations of Russia being behind the cyber-attack on the computer systems of the Democratic Party in US, the Russian security service ‘FSB’ (Federal Security Service) is claiming that a huge cyber-attack was targeted on Russia as well. It is claimed that the cyber-attack was very well planned and executed. Against this backdrop, the statements made by […]
Moscow – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu predicts, ‘Armed conflicts similar to that in Syria may soon emerge in post-Soviet republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus region, prompting Russia to respond’. ‘Islamic State’ terrorists have increased violent activities in the Russian neighboring countries of Central Asia’. The statement made by the Russian Defense Minister […]
New Delhi, dt. 12 (PTI) – Serious efforts are being taken for the indigenization of defense equipment manufacturing. Considering the limitations of the Government mechanism and the opportunity for business growth, Central Government is stressing to have defense related equipment manufactured in India, by formalizing a Government & Private sector partnership. Consequently Defense Minister Manohar […]
Jerusalem: Israeli Defense Minister claim the terror attacks over the Belgian capital Brussels to be indeed Third World War. Over the past few years, extremists have been constantly attacking the western culture and its liberal ideology and this happens to be a part of the Third World War, said Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Further […]